...and unchangeable in themselves," is at no pains to conceal his opinion that " all vital action" is " loud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, an But what are molecular forces ? What is a molecule ? Is it merely (as by some scientific writers of...

...in matter... the promise and potency of all terrestrial life ' (Dr. Tyndall). ' All vital action may be said to be the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm which displays it. And if BO, it must be true in the same sense, and to the same extent, that the rudeness and discourtesy in...

...in the Fortnightly Review, he has made the mighty leap, and proclaimed that " all vital action may be said to be the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm which displays it. And, if so, it most be true in the same sense, and to the same extent, that the thoughts to which I am now giving...

...protoplasm result from the nature and disposition of its molecules." In other words, " all vital action may be said to be the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm which displays it." Professor Huxley then proceeds to point out that the terms of these propositions are distinctly materialistic,...

...protoplasm exhibits the phenomena of life." From this point again he sees no logical halting-place, between the admission that such is the case, and the further concession that all vital, intellectual, and moral actions are the results of the molecular forces of protoplasm. Huxley's wonder...

...I have endeavored to prove to you, their protoplasm is essentially identical with, and most readily converted into, that of any animal, I can discover...case, and the further concession that all vital action nuv, with equal propriety, be said to be the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm which...

...Professor Huxley (in his article 'On the Physical Basis of Life'), to wit, that ' all vital action may be said to be the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm which displays it,' and that the thoughts to which he now gives utterance ' are the expression of molecular changes in that...

...protoplasm of one animal or vegetable is essentially identical with and readily converted into another, and the further concession that all vital action may,...molecular forces of the protoplasm which displays it. The thoughts to which we give utterance are the expression of molecular changes in protoplasm. These...

...nature of the matter of which they are composed, and the further concession that all vital actions may with equal propriety be said to be the result...protoplasm which displays it. And, if so, it must be true that the thoughts to which I am now giving utterance are the expression of molecular changes iu that...

...including " the thoughts to which I am now giving utterance, and your thoughts regarding them," — be " the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm which displays it ? " Will Mr Huxley answer that question before he comes to Edinburgh with a second Sabbath evening...